Axle-nut wrench.



Patented May 27, |902.

L. H. BROWNSELL.

(No Model.)

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L IMI `WTNESSESz INVENTOR ATTORN Y UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

LAVRENCE Il. BROWNSELL, OF BREVSTER, NEW YORK.

AXLE-NUT WRENCH.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters .Patent No. 701,144, dated May 27, 1902.

Application tiled December 80, 1901. Serial No. 87,815. (N model-l To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE H. BROWN- SELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brewster, in the county of Putnam and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Axle-Nut Wrenches; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain Vnew andy useful improvements in axle-nut wrenches, and has for its object simplicity of construction, efficiency, and readiness of use; and with these ends in View my invention consists in certain details of construction and combination of parts, such as will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically be des.

ignated by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application, Figure l is a side elevation of my improvement; Fig. 2, a plan view; Fig. 3, an end view, and Fig. 4 a section at the line @c of Fig. 2.

Similar characters of reference denote-like parts in the several figures of thedrawings.

My invention aims to remove and replace the axle-nut of a vehicle-wheel without actually handling the nut and without any likelihood of the latter dropping to the ground or becoming misplaced.

My improvement comprises a Spanner l, at the rear end of which is secured in any suitable manner a handle 2, while within this spanner is journaled any suitable rock-shaftu 3. i is a crank-lever secured to this rockf 9 represents suitable blocks secured to the inner faces of the resilient plates 5.

When suitably assembled, the lower or depending ends of the hook-shaped levers 7 project between the blocks 9 on opposite sides of the Spanner 1, and when thecrank-lever 4 is moved or drawn toward the handle 2 these wedge-shaped ends 8 will be thrown downwardly and `will be forced against the blocks 9, thereby spreading the jaws 6.

Infutilizinfr'm im rovement the s anner in dotted lines at Fig. 2 and indicated by the` letter b, the iserrated parts c enabling the outer surfaces of these jaws 6 to maintain a firm grip on this inner face of the hub. x The wheel is now grasped by the spokes and given a turn to the left, which will cause the axlenutto be loosened and backed oft' from the axle, so that the wheel may readily be removed. When the wheel is removed, the axle-nut always remains held within the hub b y means of my improvement, so that the wheel maybe readily replaced and the axlenut driven upon the shaft by turning the wheel to the right.

Of course the blocks 9 may be dispensed with and the plates or levers 7 so shaped that the downward mvement of said levers will eect thespreading of these plates, and I'donot wish to be limited to the use of these blocks, the gist o f my invention in this respect resting -in Vthe broad idea of wedging `the jaws 6 apart by the downward throw of y these levers '7.

to be understood as making any broad-claim` for this construction; but

What I do claim as new, and desire to se-i cure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In an axle-nut wrench, the combination of a spanner, resilient jaws secured to said p Spanner on opposite sides thereof, a rockextending between said Spanner and `jaws in' wedging Contact therewith, and means for operating said jaws in unison, substantially as Set forth.

In testimony whereof Iafx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LQVRENCE H. BROWNSELL.

Witnesses:

JAMES E. MALLETTE, lREDRICKv HOERLE. 

